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Reducing a filesystem

Haitham Hamad — Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:48:16 GMT

I am trying to reduce a hfs filesystem from 2.5G to 2G (used volume is up to 1.7G). Is there a simpler way than recreating the filesystem and bringing a backup. We don't have advanced JFS

Re: Reducing a filesystem

Vikas Khator — Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:51:36 GMT

Nop!

Can't think of a reliable and safe way to reduce FS without advance JFS ( also not sure if advance JFS would allow you to reduce hfs filesystem)

Re: Reducing a filesystem

A. Clay Stephenson — Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:53:28 GMT

In an hfs filesystem this can't be done.

Re: Reducing a filesystem

Rob Smith — Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:58:29 GMT

Just went through this myself on a 10.20 box and I had to recreate and restore. Sorry, hope this helps.

Rob

Re: Reducing a filesystem

Vincenzo Restuccia — Wed, 11 Apr 2001 17:19:53 GMT

Backup your file system,umount it,lvreduce -L totalMb /dev/vgxx/lvolxx,mount and restore.

Re: Reducing a filesystem

Thierry Poels_1 — Wed, 11 Apr 2001 19:34:33 GMT

lvreduce on a hfs filsystem? NO WAY

copy, backup or move your data, drop the filesystem, an recreate the (vxfs ;) filesystem.

good luck,
Thierry.